Article
Relationship of adipocyte size to hyperphagia in developing male obese Zucker rats.
The American journal of physiology - 1 Jan 1992
Vasselli J R, Fiene J A, Maggio C A
Abstract excerpt
In growing male obese Zucker rats, hyperphagia reaches a maximum or "breakpoint" and declines at an earlier age with high fat than with chow-type diets. A serial adipose tissue biopsy technique was used to correlate changes of retroperitoneal adipocyte size and feeding behavior in 5- to 7-wk-old male lean and obese rats fed laboratory chow or a 35% fat diet until 30 wk of age. Although chow-fed groups had...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Animals
- Biopsy
- Body Weight
- Dietary Fats
- Energy Intake
- Genotype
- Hyperphagia
- Lipoprotein Lipase
- Male
- Obesity
- Rats